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Samantha
03:43
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Dream big, then drink it off.
You've got to love what you do, no-one does what they love
With bills to pay and seeds to sow.
But it could all be worth it if your ship comes in tomorrow.
Fall in love, then fall apart.
The only thing for certain is that you'll break each others hearts.
And you promise you won't, but you know, in the end,
One of you will end up alone trying to start again.
Drink until you're like a ghost.
Burn the photos you kept and then make a toast.
All of your achievements will go up in smoke.
Once the laughter wears off, no-one remembers the joke.
The past is just a story that you tell yourself,
and the future is just whistling in the dark.
And you convince yourself of fairy tales to slow your breaths,
But you will always know it, deep down in your heart.
The past is just a story that you tell yourself;
It matters what you do, not what you did.
Or you could look into the mirror and you realise
That you have become everything you feared.
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Conformance Anxiety
04:08
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Everyone poke the bear
Install fluorescent lights to keep him up and night
And tie him to a chair.
And trim his beard and comb his hair,
And dilute all of the things he was
Until he's no longer there.
And the new improved model will be pleasant, bright and fair.
And those who knew him previously will all be made aware
That "this is probably what he wanted, we know that secretly he cared;
He just needed a push to get over being scared."
Misery loves company, so we go hand in hand all day.
Misery's my currency, it helps me pay my way
And I'll commodify my sadness 'til I can drink it all away,
And everything will finally be okay.
Buy yourself a house, fill it with your things
And buy a lifestyle you've never needed
To make yourself feel like a king.
Though your castle walls are very thin,
The screaming neighbours help to drown the silence
That has settled in.
When you're looking at each other, trying to think of anything
That you can say that will not make her sad, or cut too deep, or sting.
"We were going to be different, but now we're just turning with the spin,
And it's too late to find a new way to begin".
Misery loves company, so we go hand in hand all day.
Misery's my currency, it helps me pay my way
And I'll commodify my sadness 'til I can drink it all away,
And everything will finally be okay.
Well make your fortune, have some kids and give them more than they could need
Until they're spoiled, fat and rotten and filled with insatiable greed,
And if all this makes you feel guilty, just change the settings on your feed
Because you can't worry about suffering you can't see.
Misery loves company, so we go hand in hand all day.
Misery's my currency, it helps me pay my way
And I'll commodify my sadness 'til I can drink it all away,
And everything will finally be okay.
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You make me feel like I used to feel before I went numb.
You make me smile like I used to smile when my face still felt the sun.
And I find I miss you like I miss the boy that I used to be.
And I want to hold you tight to see if you can help me to get a grip back on me.
I think I might love you, like back when I was able to fall hard for things.
And I would like to kiss you, 'cause I think that it my awake my soul, and make your body sing.
And I'd not try to hurt you, though these days it seems to be the only thing I know.
I know I am a stranger, and I feel stranger with every passing night alone.
I never thought that I'd be standing on the cusp of being older than my heroes were
When I thought all my dreams and all my sorrows were things to be conquered by the love of her.
And, in retrospect, it was unfair to put such pressure on the shoulders of a single girl.
So, I don't expect you to accept such a burden, but we could have fun, before all of this burns?
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4. |
Entropy
04:42
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Most things that are broken are replaced, not repaired.
In the photos of your future I am probably not there.
And I will miss the way we kiss, and the way you stroke my hair
But, in the end, I will get over it.
Everything ends, and you can't stop it.
The universe tends towards chaos.
Eventually everything breaks down.
This all came from dust and explosions,
And to both will it return.
It's the air we breathe that helps things burn.
And if I promised you forever, it was not a promise I could keep.
I thought we'd scale this peak together, but the climb's become too steep.
And I was not strong enough to carry all the things you wanted me to be.
And it's not your fault, or mine; it's just entropy.
I've always thought you could do better,
Or at least you deserved to get to try.
And, for my part, I've tried to be better but
I am just so fucking tired,
And I cannot bear to see you cry.
It's been years since you first gave me your heart,
And I've done my best to keep it safe,
But you're less happy now than when we started
And I fear that I'm to blame.
Am I the rudder that has steered you towards this pain?
And I know we both promised forever, but it's a promise we could break.
We've laughed and loved and lain together, but all that remains is too much pain to take.
And I was not strong enough to carry all the things you wanted me to be.
And it's not your fault, or mine; it's just entropy.
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